MSDH Finds No Contamination of Public Water Supply in Village of Glendora Following Train Derailment - Mississippi Monitor

MSDH Finds No Contamination of Public Water Supply in Village of Glendora following Train Derailment - Mississippi Monitor

The Mississippi State Department Health (MSDH) has finished sampling and testing of the public water supply in the Village of Glendora and found no contamination of benzene following a Canadian National (CN) train derailment. On July 8, 2025, the MSDH Bureau of Public Water Supply collected samples from the Glendora public water supply, located in Tallahatchie County, to test for potential benzene impacts from the derailment and spillage of benz…

Health department: Glendora's water not contaminated with benzene after train derailment - SuperTalk Mississippi

The Mississippi State Department of Health has concluded sampling and found that the water system in the village of Glendora is not contaminated after a train car carrying benzene derailed last weekend. A blaze broke out when the Canadian National Railway train derailed on July 5. An aerial photo of the crash provided by law enforcement showed the train’s cars scattered and some of them on fire near a waterway in Tallahatchie County. In the days…